The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-12

" IN
COL. DANIEL g. LAMONT.
boon instructing tho President eloct rs to HIS
duty for an hour or more while my friend was
waiting without, hardly stopping to draw
breath, whom Daniel Lamont passed through
tho room. Tho President glanced UP ut him
with sigh OF relief. and In an undertone which
the deaf man could not hear said:
DAN cunt you rescue mo from this old
rooster: he has almost talked mo to death ?"
Lamont. said: Introduce me" which cnrc-
mony being performed. no steerod tho bore
over to tho other corner OF tho apartment as
Ill loss than five minutes was shaking hands
with him on the front stops and thanking him
Tor tho honor OF tho cnil. ,.
giving oGcncei is very handy around THO White
House. where moro boIes go than visit any
appreciates tho usefulness OF his private soc
retnry and reeognzes It by paying Co. ~ ~ .,
on a. nc money '4t OF ms own RMSis6 Is
$500 year, 50 that his compensation u very
nearly rs much rs that OF Cabinet ollicSr;
Mr.. Ci H,d WASH Ias elected Governor Of New
York Col Lamont was II reporter OF the albany
rotary, Of the, State Committee. ana when
Mr. Cleveland was gGIin; UP his osk rsI
State affairs to assist him. Everybody agreed
TINT Dan Lamont would be 10 aois an ASSISTANT
and remained three weeks with the new Gov
iernor, hunting up statistics, for him, looking
Jobs Of q CONFIDENTIAL and Official nature. When
Gov. Cleveland was inaugurated he compli-
on hs sta ss = PRRsd
Colonel, and that + tho way hs got ~ military
private secretary and said no did not want one
but he had not been In the Executive Mansion
help him clear away the accumulation Of bust
s lamont found u Himself nstailod IN petition
had not sought which had not been srFI
day DAY Il The Prosi don't has scarcely boon out Of
Tss when e. % Praa
Then he sent for Lamont before tho week was
trusted to Lamont. Mr. cleveland has not q
o a. Hill d as ana ssS hS sI aya
the sG Time fament Hs the House
away, the President has finished Ills breakfast
the aad Lis sS for e
inss mail; There aF ~ usSyaily, hundred It,
the answers, II any shall DO. Then there arc
,Other official subjects OF pressing importance
Be laid out by this time the fresiiSpts
SalleEs have begun to arrive and while
E. ul reom full q rsR psoDis to n ses;
They come on alm9st every errand that
be ens oss 81 sSs Gds
has claim pending before the, GompissIoner
action ;.another has been granted a patent for
ssT Ra Es sss
from him a certificate OF its utility. There arc
St vino hye
dismissed; women whose sons have enlisted
way to srds lss the
S ppee %09 S paaon ''nH TSsn t Es
aro Delegations who have como to in
ys 9e to as an
fair, or TO make an address at some celebration
The latsTs dSSorikSseper sSpds to Go" L%mon.
thirds Q, Al the people Who an.er tho White
terest Lamont in the claims OF themselves mud
sna IN e Sa aT 70 3 his
se @ a alone S HS tS e IN hs
FIRE 81 es n uaS ne bs where
Very queer REQUESTS are mi made eel q him One
nsk Col. Lamont to persuade the President to
lake particular notice OF an old lady who was
Intending 10 DO ut his public reception that
Eratiacation IL he would only notice her, q
Httlo more conspieuously thna he did tho
rest OF tho guests. On another occasion .
Tend the reception with a bride whom he had
told that tho President would recognize as
had tried 10 conyinco her that Che President,
teet every bride, who came 70 tbe White House,
that no had such a faculty in this case It would
identIasa and ~ wGaE sign he President
the note TO the President the latter laughed,
to ssi sraty the nsFg E
ban who had made the request gave the SIGN,
ing into the !ady,s face. he said;
I'm, delighted 10 SEQ you, Mrs. JOKES, par
tculnrly so us brides are scarce to-day, have
watched for them rs usual. for | can always
third Two seen. We usually have u dozen or
50: but they make uG In beauty to-day what
the President would expect him to do a grace
iul little act, liko that? The young woman
nearly inlnted from amusement hut she soon
and 6sr grandehlirtn how the Presidont Of
tho United states identified kcr "a T. bride in a
Not long ago tic lrosidonJ rgcglycd a lottery
tick5t from person down In Mississippi Ii
sydently came from some eng, IEn! Grant e@iore!
thRt no pri2e would he paiG uni 5 the iicEc
WIS endorsed by tho President. ut course tho
President .! The lotssry company WIS meant
dent of the United States who must sign the
ticEet TO make II good
Other incidents quite q, as curious relieve the